1. Tom O'Brien - Just missed the top position on the list. He joined Boston College in 1997, but he moved to NCSU this year.

2. Glen Mason - Was hired at Minnesota in 1997. However, he got fired last month thereby eliminating him from the list.

3. Jim Leavitt - USF coach since 1996. However, USF has only been a BCS school for 2 years.

4. Randy Edsall - UConn coach since 1999. However, UConn has only been a BCS school since 2004.

In the "Camel Club" of folks who've "gone without" the longest, you've got Phil Fulmer standing head and shoulders above the competition. The Vols haven't been to a BCS game since their trip to the Fiesta Bowl following the 1999 season. No other active coach has tasted the thrill of BCS success followed by a longer dry spell than Fulmer.

So the question is...how long is "long enough" to wait for your head coach to deliver a BCS Bowl bid? Update: Consider that 35 different BCS schools have made BCS appearances since 1998. There are only 65 schools in BCS conferences.

Of the list above only Clemson has any kind of history of being a top football program.

Vandy? What have they ever done.Cal? They had not been anything for decades before Telford.Kansas? Gale Sayers was probably the last time they were any good.

Tech? They do have a MNC to their credit.

Missouri? Have they ever been any good?

Rutgers? Schiano deserves so much credit.

UVA? Again not a lot of football tradition there.

Texas Tech? I cannot remember them being anything before Leach arrived.

Arkansas? Some history in the old SWC, but that was long, long ago.

Of all those schools I would say the only ones that ever should even think about a BCS bowl are Clemson (weak ACC), Cal (got robbed of a Rose Bowl bid a couple of years ago remember?) and Rutgers (looks like they might be around for a while--good recruiting again).

How long does Clemson keep Bowden? Look at his record- it's not that great. He has been a constant underachiever and basically wins 1-2 games a year that saves his job. With FSU and Miami down this year, he blew a great opportunity to make that a marquee program in the ACC, instead isn't the constant "Runner Up" or "Honorable Mention".

As a Vol fan, I coulod care less about the streak b/t BCS bowl appearances. It the lack of SEC championship since 1998 that stinks. Honestly, I don't think there is any glory in receiving a BCS at-large berth. LSU was 3rd in their division for goodness sake and "earned" an at-large spot? Hardly.

If it's current affiliation then Miami needs to be moved. If it's affiliationa the time of BCS inclusion then VaTech needs to be listed under both the Big East and the ACC. '99 Sugar (Big East) and '04 Sugar (ACC)

Sure, Ga Tech had some great tradition in the WWII era, but they don't have a better tradition than Clemson in the modern era. They also don't have near the support Clemson does. Everyone knows UGA football rules the state of Georgia and GT is an afterthought.

Just look at their stadium on gamedays. There's also their academic issues as they have only a few non-engineering majors for football players to choose from as opposed to a Clemson.

Houston Nutt has the worst and most immoral character of any coach in this country. He has his friends verbally abuse players and then brags about it. As long as he is at Arkansas, there will never be a BCS bid.

At least Houston Nutt is number one in something. This guy is a joke. He is void of character and often speaks untruths. He will never coach in a bcs bowl unless he is an assistant somewhere and they keep him away from the players.

Annonymous, you have NO CLUE what you are talking about. Do not trash a good man with your garbage and hating spirit. Houston is a fine man with more morals in his pinky than you have in your body, atleast according to your post. Sooooo, lay off Houston when you do not know what you are talking about.

If you define morals as lies and deceitfulness, Houston Nutt is your man. If only the "Good Christian man" could recruit consistently and maybe give up the play calling he might be worth 1.2 million a year.

Why is he texting and calling that attractive local reporter around a thousand times in two months, I guess his wife doesn't mind? I still can't figure out why he went back to fayetteville from the heisman ceremony instead of going to be with his family, who were planning his mother in laws funeral for the next day. Why did he call that reporter and that Hotel that same night before the funeral?

You need not be worried about any lawsuit (ref: Houston Nutt; defamation claim), as such a claim is next to impossible to prove when dealing with a public figure. It is even more impossible to prove in regard to proximate cause and damages for which a single poster (i.e., statement-maker) when there have been 100,000 or more people who have already made the same or substantially similar posts and/or other verbal and written statements about the man. The bottom line is that a legal claim/case in this context would very literally be impossible to prove.

Oh, and did I mention that the truth of any such statement is an affirmative (complete) defense to any such claim.